RIPON – The San Joaquin Valley Swiss Echoes, dressed in their traditional Swiss attire, will present their Spring Concert and Dance Saturday, April 21, at the Swiss Club hall in Ripon, on the corner of East Main Street and Manley Road.

Overjoyed with the care he received from Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Andrew Knopf decided he was going to show his appreciation the best way he could this week – he wrote out a personal check for $300 to show his gratitude and then went shopping for toys.

A 140-foot-tall oil-derrick style lattice tower complete with a 20-foot flag pole on top is being proposed for the municipal vehicle maintenance facility under construction at South Main Street and Wetmore Street.

Golfers practicing their drives at Manteca Municipal Golf Course Monday morning were interrupted by firefighters and police officers who were clearing the driving range for an emergency helicopter to set down on the lawn.